Hope Mirrlees
English poet, novelist and translator, best known for the modernist poem "Paris" (1920) and the fantasy novel "Lud-in-the-Mist" (1926).
Books
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1. Lud Nella Nebbia
In a conservative provincial capital that has long pretended the neighboring fairyland does not exist, a reluctant young official confronts the consequences when illicit fairy fruits and the strange memories they carry begin to surface; as city leaders scramble to preserve respectability and destroy evidence of enchantment, he must navigate bureaucracy, social panic and subtle magic to uncover the truth and reckon the community’s rational façade with the persistence of myth. Wry, atmospheric and satirical, the story blends political allegory with fairy lore to explore repression, nostalgia and the necessity of imagination.
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